Improvement in paper boxes



E. MORGAN.

PAPER BOXES.

No.181,703. 7 Patented Aug. 29,1876.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELISHA MORGAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,703, dated, August 29, 1876; application filed July 28, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELISHA MORGAN, of Springfield, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper Boxesfor Stationery; and that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a box for stationery, having the cover so constructed and secured to the box that when opened it will stand open, and upright, and

the stationery placed therein will be exposed to view, and will be easily accessible when wanted for use; and to this end my invention consists of a pasteboard box, having a cover provided with one elongated or extended side, which is hinged to one side of the box, said cover having also a bar secured across the inside, behind which the stationery is placed, and behind which it is held, all which will be more fully hereinafter explained.

Figure I is a perspective view of my invention; and Fig. II is a transverse vertical section of the same.

In the drawings, A represents the main part of the box, having the usual four vertical sides and the bottom 0, and an outside strip, B, is secured around the outside, so that the cover may shut down upon the edge of said strip. The cover is made in the usual manner, except that one of its edges, 0, is made of a height equal to the height of the box A and the cover D, when both are placed together, and said piece 0 is hinged to the box A at one of its lower corners, a. A bar, F, is secured across theinside of the cover D, forming a pocket in which to place paper or envelopes, so that it may be exposed to view, and easily be taken out when the cover is raised to a vertical position. And this bar may be in one or more pieces, and may be secured by folding the ends in and pasting them to the inside of the cover.

As thus arranged, the envelopes may be placed in the box and the paper in the cover, or vice versa, and when the cover is raised to about a perpendicular, it will stand upon the part 0 as a base, and remain open, exposing the whole contents of both the box and its cover to View, and when wanted for use the paper and envelopes may be easily withdrawn.

The outside strip B may extend around only three sides of the box, the piece 0, when the cover is shut, forming the outside strip for the fourth side, so as to give the exterior of the box a finished appearance when the cover is shut.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is' -The combination, of the box A, with the cover D, having the extended piece 0 as a base upon which to stand upright, and the piece F secured therein, forming a pocket to hold stationery, all substantially as herein described.

ELISHA MORGAN. Witnesses: p

T. A. GURTIs, GEORGE H. BLANDEN. 

